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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Hawaii moves to ban the sale of games containing loot boxes to people under 21, big red label on all boxes

loy310 on 13 February 2018

So basically add a label to the packaging and you all good champ... America saves the consumer again...



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Nem on 13 February 2018

Good! Well done Hawaii. Though additional taxation and addiction warnings are still needed for above 21 aswell.



monocle_layton on 13 February 2018
vivster said:

That's stupid. The people who are suffering most of this are the ones above 21 who are able to pay too much and go into a spiral of gambling and self destruction. Kids do it once and then get a slap on their wrist from their parents and even learn a valuable lesson. There are already plenty of safeguards in place for kids not to spend money. An age restriction will do nothing and maybe make it even worse. They're gonna find a way to get the game anyway and are getting desensitized to crime in the process. It's probably the worst thing they could've done.

If they really are serious about gambling then they should either ban it completely or put as many safe guards in the way as possible. Age restrictions on video games are no safeguards.

That’s why we gotta go Japan’s route. Every luck-based item has its chances revealed and there’s a limit on how much you can spend on a game. Why the US isn’t like this is beyond me, especially when we see people dropping literally thousands on games 



Medisti on 13 February 2018
monocle_layton said:
vivster said:

That's stupid. The people who are suffering most of this are the ones above 21 who are able to pay too much and go into a spiral of gambling and self destruction. Kids do it once and then get a slap on their wrist from their parents and even learn a valuable lesson. There are already plenty of safeguards in place for kids not to spend money. An age restriction will do nothing and maybe make it even worse. They're gonna find a way to get the game anyway and are getting desensitized to crime in the process. It's probably the worst thing they could've done.

If they really are serious about gambling then they should either ban it completely or put as many safe guards in the way as possible. Age restrictions on video games are no safeguards.

That’s why we gotta go Japan’s route. Every luck-based item has its chances revealed and there’s a limit on how much you can spend on a game. Why the US isn’t like this is beyond me, especially when we see people dropping literally thousands on games 

It's one thing if you're paying for in-game currency you can use to build your house faster. Loot boxes are, as the bill says, "gambling-like," even if they don't meet the exact definition. Systems like that are kept away from minors for a very good reason.



darkenergy on 13 February 2018

(Meanwhile still waiting for that Universal Basic Income update in Hawaii)



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hunter_alien on 13 February 2018

Nice... I still remmeber doing IAP tests back when I was working at Gameloft. Used to be disgusted by myself. At least they are stepping up.



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Birimbau on 13 February 2018

Govenment always makes everything worse. And it is easy to fake your age on the internet. As long as parents let their kids do whatever they want with they credit cards, this shit won't stop, companies will use the credit card data as a proof the one buying is an adult even though it can be a 12 year old boy using his parents cards.

 

The only ones that can control it are the parents.



IkePoR on 13 February 2018

All this makes me think is the Big 5 pushing physical media out the door faster to avoid the whole "seeing the label" issue.



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